Record ID: IOW-8B6A4E
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete and corroded Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy closed thimble (c. 1400-c. 1550).
This thimble is circular in plan and the walls taper inwards from the base towards the crown. There is a plain rim and no manufacturing marks. The outer face has lines of evenly spaced sub-circular indentations/drilled pits which spiral near the base but then become parallel. The crown was probably indented but this is unclear due to corrosion.
The outer face of this thimble is green and corroded and the inside is green and smooth.
Height: 19.0mm; diameter: 17.7mm; thickness of walls: 0.…
Created on: Tuesday 30th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 1st November 2018Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-8AD2B0
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, cast, copper alloy, Post Medieval coinweight. The weight is for an English gold coin called the Rose Noble, also known as a "ship" Ryal. The weight was made in Antwerp by Hans Foncq.
The weight is flat and nearly square. It is red-brown in colour. On the front is a ship with a tudor rose imposed, to the left of the ships mast is a R, indictaing the weight is for a Rose Noble. On the back is the upright hand of Antwerp flanked by HF for Hans Foncq (1577-1603). The hand is also flanked by 8 and ? which probably indicates a date in the 1580s.
Weight 6.1g, Length 15.9mm, Widt…
Created on: Tuesday 30th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 31st October 2018Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foy', grid reference and parish protected.